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21 st. — To-day they heg hard to have the irons off, and promise as 
■well as they can not to run away, but it must hot be done. 
22 nd . — Not at all pleased at having to clean their room out ; the 
beds they are almost too lazy to wash, but would eat all day if 
allowed. 
1. Bow 
Borogelly. 
15. Take off 
,. Ne g-iali. 
2. Fly 
Boomee. 
16. To paddle .. 
. Clieilla. 
3. Bow-string. 
Flyda. 
17. Tongs 
. Chy. 
4. Water, give. 
Pano de walay. 
18. Moon 
. Chuck alareoo. 
5. Yes 
Oh. 
19. Whiskers . 
.. Sooka. 
6. Flesh 
Rogo. 
20. Music 
. Dentregnah. 
7. Fowl 
, Deer. 
21. Eat. 
.. Lay. 
8. Shell 
Ortamboo. 
22. To give 
.. De walay. 
9. To cut 
Cha lock. 
23. Yam 
.. Cliatah. 
10. Knife 
, Coono. 
24. Fish 
. Dar, Jouh. 
11. To drink ... 
, Meengohee 
25. No good .. 
. Fa mackrey. 
12. Canoe 
Hobab. 
26. W ood 
,. Chopah. 
13. Water 
. Panno. 
27. Bed, quilt .. 
. Doo tram. 
14. Plantains ... Changrah. 
A Note on certain Aborigines of the Andaman Islands , by Lieut.- 
Colonel Albert Fytche, Commissioner of the Tenasserim and 
Martaban Provinces. 
A chance has occurred to me lately of observing three Aborigines 
of the Andamans, who were captured in the vicinity of Port Blair, 
some four months ago, in an attempt, together with others of their 
countrymen, to acquire possession of the working implements of a 
party of convicts. They were however surrounded by the convicts, 
who happened to be in considerable numbers at the time, and as 
many as seven of them were taken prisoners. These were deprived 
of their arms, and detained for some weeks at Port Blair, when one 
of them managed to effect his escape, and three others were released 
from durance. The remaining three who were less advanced in years 
than the rest of the party, it was deemed advisable to send off by a 
Steamer leaving the settlement for Rangoon, with a view to ascertain 
whether some knowledge of their language could be acquired, and 
at the same time to impart to them some idea of the power and 
resources of their captors. 
